The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 5, 2056
Waning Crescent
5.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:32 AM
4:41 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.1%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 361,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1655
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 334.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.5° / 206.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 16m / -2.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.42° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.13° / -5.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -158.50° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 121.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.